Reapportionment Plan Passes House After Long Fight
Washington Jan 11 The House finally approved the Fenn bill outlining a method to reapportion seats after the 1930 census if Congress fails to act. It provides the second session of the 71st Congress will receive a population tally for each state and its rightful number of representatives, with a fallback distribution if lawmakers do not enact a new apportionment.
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Washington
Vist
Merce
Congress
Plot to topple Manchurian governor cited in Mukden dispatches
Mukden dispatches report a plot to overthrow Chang Hsuehliang, governor of Manchuria, as the cause of Yang Yu-Ting’s execution. Yang allegedly misappropriated 10 million Mexican, opposed raising the Nationalist flag, and complicated talks with Japan over the South Manchurian railway. Chang informed the Japanese consul and railway authorities that evidence is irrefutable and pledged protection for Yang’s widow.
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Chang Hsuehliang
Manchuria
Mukden
Yang Yu- Ting
Chang Tsao-Lin
Peking
Yang Yu-Ting
Tunda
Ig Nowise
Japan
Big Timber inquest delayed as coroner plans exhumation
Coroner C. D. Graff summoned jurors after a December verdict declared bones found at the J. C. Price homestead shack were Price and that he died in a fire. Graff leaves for Bozeman to exhume the bones as the inquest resumes Monday. Price returned with sheriff and county attorney from Salt Lake City after a reported kidnapping tale.
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C. D. Graff
J.C. Price
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Price
Graff
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Ed Brannin
John N. MacFarlane
Salt Lake City
Grannin
Alberton Merchant Saves Seven From Approaching Train
Theo Martin, Alberton merchant, saved seven people when his car on a grade crossing was pushed toward a 25 foot bank by a freight train. He pulled the vehicle up the bank and away from the collision, guiding it to safety as frost on windows limited his view. He had just taken the Alberton High School basketball team home from Superior.
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Theo Martin
Alberton
Martin
Superior
Restful Day Hangs Over King George Talks
A lengthy morning session among officials regarding King George’s status concluded without a charge or clear update. A late bulletin stated the king enjoyed a restful day, while the appointment minutes remained cautious about overall condition.
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Mdon, Jan
George
Esty
Deputies Back Government in Confidence Vote
In a session on January 11, the French Chamber of Deputies approved the government with 317 votes for and 263 against, affirming Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré’s leadership amid wartime pressure.
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Chamber of Deputies
Vermier Raymond Poincate
Seven Dead Seven Dying After Army Plane Crash
A large three engine transport plane smashed during a forced landing after takeoff from the Middletown army air depot killing seven soldiers and injuring one. The victims include Vent. Henry KR Angell and eight aboard from Bolling Field. The wreckage lay within 60 feet of two houses.
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Army Air Depot
Bolling Field
Waehing
Hae
Patrick Conroy
New York City
Morrisburg
Henry KR. Angell
Birmingham
Ala
Jerry Cronan
Washington, D. C
Sini
Rudolph Dg. Leebutts
Washington
D. C
Joseph B. Mc+Carthy
Semuel P. Jones
Bellbuckle
Mike I. Kelley
Mineraville
Clarence FE. Birelt
Chicago
Witness Pike Reveals Real Name Marlo Amundsen
Milton Pike, key witness in the bribery trial of former District Attorney Asa Keyes and five others, admits under cross examination that his real name is Marlo Amundsen and that he attempted to sell information he later gave to the grand jury, leading to indictments.
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Los Angeles
APJ
Milton Pike
Asa Keyes
Marlo Amundsen
Must Have Whiskey to Combat Influenza
Washington reports a two day influenza conference opened by the Public Health Service approving a program to fight the disease. The plan begins with a nationwide study next week and seeks congressional support for broader health defense funding. Dr Frank G Atwood urged more medicinal whiskey use for influenza but his resolution failed.
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Public Health Service
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Congress
Frank G. Atwood
New Haven
Conn
Deer Stirs Snowbound Idaho Home Belief in Santa
In early January near Prove That Santa Claus is Real Idaho a resident reports a reindeer on the ridge of a house near a chimney. The animal jumped down and ran away as a noise woke the occupant amid deep snow drifts.
Famine Rages in Herzegovina Area Reported by AP
Bolarade, Togo-Blavia, Jan 11 AP reports maize crop failure due to drought threatens famine in Herzegovina region. Local authorities warn of rising food shortages as relief efforts start.
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Bolarade
Togo-Blavia
Dieraegovinr
Ball That Slew Mexican Boy in Riverside Trial
In Riverside California January 11 AP the state identifies a .22 rifle from the Northcott home and a .23 lead pellet from a headless body near Puente as evidence in Gordon Northcott's trial for slaying three boys A deputy district attorney claims a letter to Sanford Clark Northcott’s nephew was not written or signed by Rev Power removing a potential defense piece.
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Calif
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Paul Stevens
Los Angeles
Britannia Street
Northcotts
Frank R. Webb
Redwine
Sev
John Power
North Wallywoor
Riverside County
Sanford Clark
Northcott
Power
Superintendent of Cranston asylum is killed
Dr Ratsom J. Sartwell, superintendent of the state hospital for mental diseases, was shot and killed tonight in his home on the grounds of the state institution near Cranston. A double barreled shotgun was used. Guards at the state prison and Cranston police were seeking the assailant.
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Jam Ti
Ratsom J. Sartwell
State Hospital For
State Institution
Cranston
Afghan King Amanullah Under Pressure to Halt Westernization
British officials weighed a New Delphi dispatch claiming Amanullah Khan agreed to drop reforms after tribal leaders demanded retreat from westernization. No official confirmation yet, but some believed the reports plausible as Afghanistan faces unrest and pacification efforts.
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London
Amanullah Khan
Afghanistan
Amanullah
Delphi
TROUSERED TOMBOY BLEATS IN BASTILE
Katherine Wiig faces perjury charges after her alleged blarious life episode in Orange County. County prosecutor moves to file charges as her freedom ends in California on January 11 AP report notes contending marriage issues connected to the case.
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Banta Ana
Katherine Wiig
Orange County
Senate blocks debate on Kellogg pact after Reed attack
Washington. Jan. 11 The Senate blocked further debate on the Kellogg antiwar treaty after veteran Senator Jim Reed of Missouri threatened a strong attack, calling the pact a Trojan horse in a heated exchange over the agreement.
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Washington
Senate
Jim" Reed
Missouri
Burglar Crawls on Hands to Evade Footprints
A burglar in Salt Lake City walks on hands to avoid footprints while reaching a toy store. He enters via a snowy roof and escapes after seizing valuables, leaving investigators puzzled by the odd method.
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Salt Lake City
Senate Approves Increase for Prohibition Enforcement
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to triple the fund for enforcing the dry law, adding 25 million dollars to the 15.5 million already allocated. The move awaits a Prohibition Bureau spending plan before final action, while a judiciary committee report on a joint wet and dry resolution also looms with a potential enforcement commission formation.
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Jan
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Judiciary Committee
Herbert Moorer Ater
Congress
Two More Montana Schools Face Probes
The Montana House, led by Rep. Grant Reed, introduced a resolution to investigate the State School for the Deaf and Blind at Boulder and the Vocational School for Girls in Helena. The chamber adjourned after routine business, leaving five investigations on its docket including the University of Montana and state payrolls.
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Grant Reed
Broadwater County
House Appropriations Committee
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Boulder
Vocational School For Girls
Helena Valley
University of Montana
Suite Capital
State School For
Reed
Lindy Plans New Pan American Mail Route Flight
Charien A. Lindbergh announced that he would fly the plane launching the Pan American Airways mail route from Maine to the Panama Canal on February 4. The effort follows a United States foreign mail contract awarded to the company. In Florida, the navy dirgible Los Angeles weatherbound moored at Patoka and may abandon its cruise to Miami and return to Lakehurst N J.
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Charien A. Lindbergh
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United States
Port St. Joe
Fla
Los Angeles
Patoka
Miami
Tia
Lakehurst
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Senate Bill Increases Pay Of Judges And Pension Provisions
Senate Bill No 1 appears in the upper house as lawmakers set the legislative tempo. Senate Bill No 2, authored by Senator Keeley, would raise supreme court salaries from 8000 to 106 percent and district judges from 4000 to 15500. The measure also provides retirement after 24 years with two thirds of salary. Senator Church of Lewis and Clark opens the filing.
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Keeley
Powell Counts
Supreme Court
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Church of Lewis and Clark
Cabinet plans meet opposition in Senate shakeup
President elect Elanver faces Republican and independent lawmakers resisting key picks. Opposition unity targets Mellon for treasury and Donovan nomination for attorney general, with talk of broader material fueling the pressure in Washington.
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Washington
Jan
Land of Kin
Senate
Willam J. Donovan
New York
Sttorney
Toy
Doctor Rongetti Escapes Chair In Double-Jeopardy Case
Dr Am tante Rongetti once condemned to death for the death of Miss Letta Enders by an illegal operation escaped the electric chair on a second jury trial. He was convicted of manslaughter with a mandatory 1 to 14 year sentence and protested the verdict as unjust.
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Amtante Rongetti
Lowretta Enders
Cas
Rongetty
Miss Enders
Campbell May Take Place Jardine Holds Campbell May Take Place
Campbell near Hardinston tops wheat growth list and is reportedly under consideration by President Hoover for a cabinet role. A Moscow flight is planned to discuss agro agreements with a Soviet partner on vast wheat and flax cultivation.
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Thomas BD. Campbell
Hardinstont
Eliot Hoover
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